Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Building first home, need an opinion on variation fees 3Jan 14, 2019 8:54 am This was what we received in the email from our client liaison: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ From what we understood that was a fixed cost, there was no talks what so ever about possible additional cost for the work. They have actually raised a variation once we agreed on the above and it was at that exact price for the remedial work. However because they missed pricing something else (we had a meeting with the electrician on site, and was advised to add few things), that variation was pulled after we advised that 'electrical changes as per plan provided by electrician' shouldn't be at no cost. The new variation with the previously missing pricing for the electrical additions is at $10k: 3k for remedial work, 4k for pulling things out and putting it back, 3k for the electrical additions. Re: Building first home, need an opinion on variation fees 5Jan 18, 2019 8:58 pm Just giving our final update on this: We were in contact with a law firm for legal advice, in the mean time our Client Liaison said she would talk to management to negotiate our issue. 2 days later we've been informed that the builder will absorb the cost because we have proof that we've informed our prestart assistant about our intention to use tiles on the second floor. We're now back to our original agreed quote. Re: [Solved] Need an opinion on variation fees 6Jan 18, 2019 9:18 pm Siegfx Just giving our final update on this: We were in contact with a law firm for legal advice, in the mean time our Client Liaison said she would talk to management to negotiate our issue. 2 days later we've been informed that the builder will absorb the cost because we have proof that we've informed our prestart assistant about our intention to use tiles on the second floor. We're now back to our original agreed quote. Good news Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi everyone, a contractor build a "retaining wall" for me and after 3 months there was a crack. They "repaired" the crack by adding an expansion joint where the crack… 0 1824 Is it just a report written to give to the bank initially and it is based on what and how your payments are made up for, or is it a full service where they go out and… 2 6058 0 23462 |